TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese engineering researchers say they have created a tiny electronic light the size of a firefly which rides waves of ultrasound, and could eventually figure in applications ranging from moving displays to projection mapping.<p>Named Luciola for its resemblance to the firefly, …

The US Environmental Protection Agency has given its approval for MosquitoMate, a Kentucky-based biotechnology company, to release its bacteria-infected male mosquitoes in several parts of the United States.<p>The EPA approval was first reported by Nature on Monday (Nov. 6), and confirmed by the …

These days, it's just as important to have communication up and running after a major disaster as it is to have power, food and drinkable water. The FCC approved $77 million to fix communications in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, while Project Loon (a collaboration with AT&T, Alphabet and …

He also criticized the Army Corps of Engineers for what he said were slow efforts to get the power grid up and running.<p>Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said Thursday that there is an investigation ongoing into which deaths “meet the criteria for direct or indirect deaths” related to Hurricane …

After having spent most of his time insulting Puerto Ricans, Trump tries a different approach Friday — it fails too<p>Since Hurricane Maria battered the island of Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump has spent most of his time either insulting the mayor of the island's capital over Twitter, downplaying …

Hurricane Maria flooded the island's coastal areas and blew apart homes inland.<p>Hurricane Maria has left Puerto Rico “totally devastated," according to a photographer who took exclusive pictures of the island Friday and Saturday.<p>San Juan-based Dennis Manuel Rivera captured the damage from widespread …

<b>Washington (CNN) —</b> Hillary Clinton called out the Trump administration Sunday for its response to the devastation in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.<p>"President Trump, Sec. Mattis, and DOD should send the Navy, including the USNS Comfort, to Puerto Rico now. These are American citizens," …

When archaeologists found a tunnel under Mexico’s ‘birthplace of the gods’, they could only dream of the riches they would discover. Now its wonders – from jewel-eyed figures to necklaces of human teeth – are being revealed to the world<p>In 2003, a tunnel was discovered beneath the Feathered Serpent …

Hurricane Maria roared toward eastern Puerto Rico early Wednesday as the most powerful storm to threaten the region in almost 90 years.<p>Maria was a Category 5 hurricane — the strongest there is — when it killed one person and injured two others as it hit the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on Monday …

Hurricane Maria was strengthening fast into a monster storm Monday as it barreled toward Puerto Rico and other Irma-battered Caribbean islands.<p>Maria grew — in less than 24 hours — from a tropical storm into a Category 4 hurricane that the National Hurricane Center called an "extremely dangerous" …

<b>Washington (CNN) —</b> As the nation's immigrant community grapples with President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a similar move could be looming for hundreds of thousands of other immigrants who have been permitted to build lives in the United …

We stunt upward mobility and make college a finishing school for the affluent.<p>A few years ago, hundreds of college administrators received a survey in the mail. It was designed to figure out what they believed it takes to succeed in college.<p>The survey listed 12 skills that colleges generally expect …

Widespread voter fraud isn’t real, but Trump’s commission is. It convened for the first time on Wednesday.<p>You probably aren’t obsessed with President Trump's campaign to uncover the millions of fraudulent votes that were cast in the last election, because — hey — it never happened. Trump's claim …

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching for gay pride in Kiev on Sunday, carrying banners and waving rainbow and Ukrainian flags in a parade flanked by a thick cordon of helmeted police.<p>Participants take part in the equality march in Kiev, Ukraine, …

<b>San Francisco, California (CNN) —</b> In the space of 24 hours, California Gov. Jerry Brown flew out of China after signing bilateral climate change deals and meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijing and returned home to host the German environment minister in San Francisco.<p>Showing almost no sign …

With almost all votes counted, option for full statehood was backed by more than 97% – but turnout for non-binding referendum stood at just 23%<p>A plebiscite in the US’s oldest and largest colony, Puerto Rico, has returned an overwhelming vote in favour of becoming the 51st state of the union, in a …

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 30 days in jail hours after arrest on charges of disobeying police orders and calling for an unsanctioned protest.<p>The arrest came early on Monday just before a mass nationwide protest against corruption that has ended with hundreds of …

With newly elected Scott Walker in the governor's office and a firm grip on the legislature, Wisconsin Republicans in 2011 had a unique opportunity to redraw the state's electoral maps and fortify their party's future.<p>Aides were dispatched to a private law firm to keep their work out of public …